Automotive plant shutdowns are no huge ordeal, as they
have become pretty much commonplace in the modern automotive world.
These shutdowns are designed to help reduce costs during low-production
times, which are normally toward the end of the summer. The Bentley
plant in Crewe, England typically closes its doors in August for two
weeks to allow workers to rest and to help keep costs down, but this
year that time frame has been extended to three weeks.
That
would normally be chalked up as additional cutbacks, but the reasons
given for the extra time off included enabling a number of facility
changes in preparation for future productivity increases. Well, Bentley
is not one to put out a new model each and every year and their
productivity level does not change each year, so the only reason
productivity would increase would be the addition of a new model. Add in
the fact that the only new model that we know of in development is the
EXP 9F, and you can see why we think that this extra shutdown is to get
ready for the production phase of this love-it-or-hate-it SUV.
As
we said earlier, we could be completely incorrect, but that slip of the
tongue by Bentley is pretty telling. This is especially telling when
dealing with a company that only sells fewer than 10,000 cars per year.
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